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Cops ID Elderly Groper The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a sexual assault on an elderly woman in Upper Manhattan. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice February 29, 2024 MANHATTAN - A homeless man groped a 74-year-old woman inside her apartment in Upper Manhattan, cops said.  Click to see More... The NYPD have identified 64-year-old Aldred Eaddy as the suspect and are asking for the public’s help in catching him. Cops released Eaddy’s previous mugshot and said he is homeless.  At around 8 pm on January 31, the 74-year-old woman was returning to her apartment in the vicinity of Broadway and West 142 Street in Hamilton Heights. Cops said the suspect followed the victim into her building and to her apartment door. He then pushed his way into the victim’s apartment and groped the elderly woman, cops said. The suspect was last seen fleeing the building on foot.  Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime

Man Charged with Groping Teen at Grand Central Station The NYPD has made an arrest in the groping of a 16-year-old girl at Grand Central Station. -Photo by NYPD By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice February 5, 2024 MANHATTAN - The NYPD announced the arrest of a suspect in the groping of a teenage girl inside Grand Central Station.   Cops arrested 41-year-old Johnny Rios of Amsterdam Avenue and charged him with forcible touching. Police charged Rios in the groping of a 16-year-old girl in the subway station on January 30.  At around 4 pm the teen was exiting the platform at 42nd Street-Grand Central Station. Cops said as she was climbing the staircase a male approached from behind and grabbed her “private area over her clothing.”  Cops said the victim screamed and the attacker fled.  Police released surveillance video of the suspect taken from inside the subway station. He was arrested a week later.